Orthographic vs. Perspective Projection

I remember back before LoS1 was out and it was announced as a reboot and all... the fans' biggest complaint was it was 3d instead of 2d, and that previous castlevania 3d games sucked... annoyed me so much because the 2 ps2 3d games were effing awsome... So I was having high hopes for LoS!... but... I really didn't like it despite how much I love the ps2 Castlevanias.

Such a complicated subject. makes me sad... kill all the plebs... sigh...the fools. yeah... *mopes*... can't be enthusiastic or maniacal because...because... sigh...

Did you read every post this thread? if not I'm not trying to shame you because I myself don't read every post in a thread that are multiple pages long once I notice em, I tend to reply only to the original post, and I don't think that's 'wrong'... I just want to know your opinion accurately before I try to respond to it.

But yeah, the reason why I ask because your statement makes little statement to me compared to my own opinion. I mean I know they can be different and all but I honestly don't get how you can say such... to me projection cameras 'show' more background.. it lets you see the floors so much better, and as I said, it lets you see things like how light travels thru stained glass and illuminates the ground better (which is literally an understatement because orthographic can hide the ground completely).

Fact is I completely agree with the 'dollhouse' comment, I can completely see how projection cameras make the player feel like an observer to a dollhouse... if you can't look past that, THAT I can understand, buth otherwise, objectively, I honestly can't see how orthographic can show more at all!

'blah'? who said that? *scratches head* I hope I didn't because I certainly never THOUGHT thus!... that's the reason why I think projective has more POTENTIAL (but not neccesarily better in practice), because it CAN show more (potentially), like... for example... the floor's decor thru a window's art. Orthographic ideally makes the floor the flat dimension, preventing you from seeing anything on the floor.

While it probably would be possible to have the game's perspective as a choosable option, it wouldn't be as simple as changing the tilt of the camera. To do this, each area would have to be designed for each possible perspective.

It doesn't need to show more. Did it hold back the 2d vanias? The 3d games have potential to show way more but they were always the worst IGAVANIAS. What matters is what captures the essence of Igavania better and the closer to 2d it is the Better they always do.

That doesn't mean they can't hit a middle ground. Lessen the tilt a great deal make it have less of a dollhouse look and give it just enough tilt to feel the extra piece of dimension

Yes, the kickstarter comments got at least two people being pretty upset about it. The poll here on the forums show that three people so far think that perspective would ruin the game for them. Obviously these are the extreme edge cases, however that same poll shows that although there are plenty of people that like both, ortho is the most popular preference. Fortunately, many people trust IGA and whatever his vision is. It's the kickstarter comments that had me making this poll in the first place. I was worried that it would make many people upset after reading those few comments.

I'm good now... I'm good.

As of right now, I am one of those 3 where perspective projection would ruin it for me. But like Valtiel says, if the game plays well, I will still be okay with it.

But what can I say? The heart wants what the heart wants.

That's something I think would look really cool with perspective projection. It reminds me of the green eel and rooster enemies from Banjo-Kazooie that popped out to attack the player.

XombieMike That. Is. Glorious.

Well now I got a new Desktop picture! Wow!